The present binary mixtures of the SF6 gas with Ar and Kr gases have not been used in many industries as long-term measures for totally eliminating the potential contribution of SF6 to global warming.
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IN HIGH VOLTAGE EQUIPMENTS
Tran Thanh Son 1 , Do Anh Tuan 2
1 Electric Power University; sontt@epu.edu.vn
2 Hung Yen University of Technology and Education; tuandoanh@utehy.edu.vn
Abstract - The present binary mixtures of the SF6 gas with Ar and
Kr gases have not been used in many industries as long-term
measures for totally eliminating the potential contribution of SF 6
to global warming In order to gain more insight into electron
transport coefficients in mixture gases as substitutes for SF 6 in
high voltage equipment, transport coefficients such as electron
drift velocity, density-normalized longitudinal diffusion coefficient,
ratio of the longitudinal diffusion coefficient to the electron
mobility, Townsend first ionization coefficient, electron
attachment coefficient, and density-normalized effective
ionization coefficient in CF 3 I-Ar and CF 3 I-Kr mixture gases are
calculated and analyzed in the wide E/N range of 0.01 – 1000 Td
using a two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation for the
energy These calculated coefficients are analyzed and
compared to those in pure SF 6 gas The limiting field strength
values of E/N, (E/N) lim , of these mixture gases are also derived
and compared with those of the pure SF 6 gas at different
percentages of CF 3 I and SF 6 The mixture gases of 70% CF 3 I with
Ar and Kr have (E/N) lim values greater than those of the pure SF 6
gas Therefore, these mixture gases could be considered to
substitute SF 6 gas in high voltage equipment
Key words - Trifluoroiodomethane; CF3 I; SF 6 ; Boltzmann equation
analysis; electron transport coefficients; gas mixture
1 Introduction
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) has been widely used as an
isolated gas in high voltage equipment The Kyoto
Protocol, however, has listed the greenhouse gases as CO2,
CH4, N2O, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons
(PFCs) and SF6, and we need to regulate the emissions and
the utilizations of those gases in the many industries [1] In
recent decades, the conventional gases such as N2, CO2,
and air and the rare gases such as Ar, Kr, Xe, He, and Ne
have been considered to mix with the SF6 gas as a potential
to reach those attempts [2] However, the present binary
mixtures of the SF6 gas with other gases have not been used
in many industries as long-term measures for totally
eliminating the potential contribution of SF6 to global
warming [2]
Recently, much research has been concentrated on
trifluoroidomethane (CF3I) gas because of its low global
warming potential, very short atmospheric lifetime and
relatively low toxicity gas [3]-[5] It is a gas that is a
substitution candidate for the SF6 gas and as a candidate to
the replacement of potent greenhouse affects This gas has
also been considered to be a candidate replacement for
bromotrifluoromethane (CF3Br), which is used in aircraft
for fuel inertness and for fire-fighting [3] The boiling point
of CF3I gas is higher than that of the SF6 gas [4] At an
absolute pressure of 0.5 MPa, CF3I becomes liquids at
about 260C, whereas the SF6 gas becomes liquids at about
-300C [4] On the other hand, the SF6 gas is used in gas
circuit breakers at 0.5 to 0.6 MPa Therefore, it is
impossible to use CF3I gas if this gas is used at this pressure level [4] However, in order to reduce the liquefaction temperature of CF3I gas, Taki et al [4] decreased partial
pressure by mixing it with other gases such as N2 and CO2 For example, the boiling point can be reduced from about
260C (pure CF3I) to about -120C at 0.5 MPa by using a 30%
CF3I-CO2 mixture [5] Therefore, it is necessary to mix the
CF3I gas with different buffer gases
Moreover, the sets of electron collision cross sections and electron transport coefficients for atoms, molecules, and binary mixture gases are necessary for quantitative understanding of plasma phenomena Some gases, such as rare gases (Ar, Kr, Xe, Ne, and He), N2, CO2, air, and O2 mixed with each of F2, Cl2, and SF6, are also necessary for many applications, such as rare-gas halide laser, plasma etching, and gaseous dielectric materials [2] On the other hand, the collision processes and electron transport coefficients of the binary mixtures of CF3I gas with other gases have been scarce so far To the best of our knowledge, neither measurements nor calculations of the electron transport coefficients in the binary mixtures of the
CF3I gas with the Kr gas with the entire CF3I concentration range have been performed previously
In the present study, in order to gain more insight into the electron transport coefficients, the electron transport coefficients (electron drift velocity, density-normalized longitudinal coefficient, and density-normalized effective ionization coefficient) in the E/N range(ratio of the electric field E to the neutral number density N) of 10 - 1000 Td and the limiting field strength of E/N, (E/N)lim, for the
CF3I-Ar and CF3I-Kr mixtures are calculated by a two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation for the energy The negative differential conductivity (NDC) phenomena, that is, decreasing electron drift velocity with increasing electric field strength, in these binary gas mixtures are suggested The electron transport coefficients calculated are also compared with those of pure SF6 gas and the (E/N)lim values in those mixtures are also compared respectively with those of SF6 mixtures with correlative gases (Ar and Kr) in the experiments The binary mixtures
of CF3I gas with Ar and Kr gases with CF3I concentration equal to about 65 - 75%, are considered for use in high voltage and many industries
2 Calculation method of electron transport coefficients
in CF 3 I-Ar and CF 3 I-Kr mixtures
The electron transport coefficients are calculated by sets of electron collision cross sections for gases and a two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation for the
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energy given by Tagashira et al [6] The accurate electron
collision cross section sets for each gas in mixture are
chosen for calculation to obtain the reliable electron
transport coefficients The electron energy distribution
function (EEDF) can be computed by solving the
Boltzmann equation In this study, a two-term
approximation is applied as successfully used in our
previous article [7] Based on the EEDF, f(ε, E/N), the
electron drift velocity, W, the density-normalized
longitudinal diffusion coefficient, NDL, the Townsend first
ionization, α, and the electron attachment coefficient, η,
can be calculated as following equations:
1/ 2
m 0
1 2 eE df ( , E / N)
where ε is the electron energy, m is the electron mass, e is
the elementary charge, and qm(ε) is the momentum-transfer
cross section
1 1
0 2 1 1 02
V
where V1 is the speed of electron, qT is the total cross
section Fn and (n = 0, 1, 2) are respectively the electron n
energy distributions of various orders and their
eigenvalues.V1, , n , and A0n n are given by
1/ 2 1
2e V
m
= ; =0 V N1 01 q F di 0 ;
1
0 T
V E
−
1 0n 1 i n
0
V N q F d
0
A =F d
where qi is the ionization cross section
1/ 2
1/ 2 i I
/ N f ( , E / N) q ( )d
W m
where I is the ionization onset energy and qi(ε) is the
ionization cross section
1/ 2
1/ 2 a 0
/ N f ( , E / N) q ( )d
W m
where qa(ε) is the attachment cross section
The electron collision cross sections for CF3I
determined by Kimura and Nakamura [8], Ar determined
by Nakamura and Kurachi [9], and Kr determined by
Hayashi [10] are used throughout the present study The set
of electron collision cross sections for the CF3I molecule
[8] includes one momentum transfer, one attachment, three
vibrational excitations (threshold energies of 0.032 -
0.134 eV), five electronic excitations (threshold energies
of 4.7 - 9.6 eV), and one total ionization (threshold energy
of 10.2 eV) cross sections
The set of electron collision cross sections for Ar atom [9] includes one momentum transfer, five electronic excitations (threshold energies of 11.6 - 13.9 eV), and one total ionization (threshold energy of 15.69 eV) cross sections The set of electron collision cross sections for Kr atom [10] includes one momentum transfer, fourteen electronic excitations (threshold energies of 9.915 - 13.437 eV), and one total ionization (threshold energy of
14 eV) cross sections The accuracy of the electron collision cross section set for each gas is confirmed to be consistent with all electron transport coefficients in each pure gas
3 Results and discussions
The results for the electron drift velocities, W, as functions of E/N for the binary mixtures of CF3I gas with
Ar and Kr gases calculated in the E/N range 10 < E/N <
1000 Td by a two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation are shown in Figures 1-2, respectively Slight regions of the NDC phenomena in these gas mixtures are observed in the E/N range 15 < E/N < 170 Td The NDC is relatively shallow for all mixtures The occurrences of these phenomena are due to the Ramsauer-Townsend minimum (RTM) of the elastic momentum transfer cross sections of the Ar and Kr atoms, and the CF3I molecule These suggestions are analyzed and explained thoroughly
by Chiflikian [11] In the binary mixtures of the CF3I gas with the Ar and Kr gases, the values of W are suggested to
be between those of the pure gases over E/N > 100 Td and these values grow linearly over E/N > 200 Td For the sake
of comparison, the electron drift velocity obtained by Aschwanden [12] for the pure SF6 gas is shown in Figures 1-2 The calculated electron drift velocities in 70%
CF3I-Ar in the E/N ranges of E/N < 600 Td are very close
to those of the pure SF6 gas
Figure 1 Electron drift velocity, W, as functions of E/N for the
CF 3 I-Ar mixtures with 10%, 30%, 50%, and 70% CF 3 I The solid line and symbols show present W values calculated using
a two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation for the CF 3
I-Ar mixtures The solid curves show present W values calculated for the pure CF 3 I molecule and pure Ar atom The star symbol shows the measurement value of the pure SF 6 [12] The inset figure shows these results calculated in the E/N range of 200 - 1000 Td
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Figure 2 Electron drift velocity, W, as functions of E/N for the
CF 3 I-Kr mixtures with 10%, 30%, 50%, and 70% CF 3 I The solid
line and symbols show present W values calculated using a
two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation for the CF 3 I-Kr
mixtures The solid curves show present W values calculated for
the pure CF 3 I molecule and pure Kr atom The star symbol shows
the measurement value of the pure SF 6 [12] The inset figure
shows these results calculated in the E/N range of 200 - 1000 Td
The results for the density-normalized longitudinal
coefficients, NDL, as functions of E/N for the binary
mixtures of CF3I gas with Ar and Kr gases calculated in the
E/N range 10 < E/N < 1000 Td by a two-term
approximation of the Boltzmann equation are shown in
Figures 3-4, respectively
For each E/N value, the NDL values of the binary
mixtures of the CF3I gas with Ar and Kr gases decrease with
the increase in the CF3Icontent in the mixture This behavior
is due to the growing influence of the electron-CF3I
interaction as the CF3Icontent increases In these figures, on
the other hand, these NDL curves have minima in the E/N
range of 15 - 170 Td for these binary mixtures The same
process responsible for the NDC region in the electron drift
velocity curves in these binary mixtures caused the
occurrence of these minima Urquijo et al [13] also
observed the similar behavior for the C2F6-Ar mixtures The
density-normalized longitudinal coefficient for the pure SF6
obtained by Aschwanden [12] is also shown in Figures 3-4
for the sake of comparison The NDL values of the pure SF6
are greater than those of these binary mixtures
The results for the density-normalized effective
ionization coefficients, (α - η)/N, as functions of E/N for the
binary mixtures of CF3I gas with Ar and Kr gases calculated
by a two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation are
shown in Figures 5-6, respectively In the binary mixtures of
the CF3I with the Ar and Kr gases, the values of (α - η)/N are
also suggested to be between those of the pure gases,
respectively For the sake of comparison, the
density-normalized effective ionization coefficient obtained by
Aschwanden [12] for the pure SF6 gas is also shown in
Figures 5-6 The (α - η)/N values for 70% CF3I mixtures
with the Ar and Kr gases are very close to those of the pure
SF6 gas over E/N < 450 Td and E/N < 470 Td, respectively
Because of the accuracy of the electron collision cross
sections for the present gases and the validity of the
Boltzmann equation, the present calculated results are
reliable More experiments of the electron transport
coefficients for the binary mixtures of the CF3I gas with these buffer gases need to be performed over the wide range of E/N in the future In general, when the percentage ratio of the CF3I gas in binary mixtures increases, the values of the electron transport coefficients increase progressively to those of the pure CF3I
The limiting field strength values of E/N, (E/N)lim, at which α = η for the binary mixtures of CF3I gas with Ar and Kr gases are derived at 133.322 Pa and shown in Figure
7 These values are also compared respectively with those
of the binary mixtures of the SF6 gas with the Ar [14] and
Kr [15] gases shown in Figure 7 The (E/N)lim value calculated for the pure CF3I gas is equal to 437 Td greater than the (E/N)lim of the pure SF6 gas (361 Td) [12] It can
be considered as a prospective substitute for the SF6 gas In Figure 7, the CF3I concentration in the binary mixtures of
CF3I gas with Ar and Kr gases equal to about 65 - 75%, is considered for use in high voltage and many industries if other chemical, physical, electrical, thermal, and economical studies are considered thoroughly
Figure 3 Density-normalized longitudinal coefficient, ND L , as functions of E/N for the CF 3 I-Ar mixtures with 10%, 30%, 50%, and 70% CF 3 I The solid line and symbols show present ND L values calculated using a two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation for the CF 3 I-Ar mixtures The solid curves show present
ND L values calculated for the pure CF 3 I molecule and pure Ar atom The star symbol shows the measurement value of the pure SF 6 [12]
Figure 4 Density-normalized longitudinal coefficient, ND L , as functions of E/N for the CF 3 I-Kr mixtures with 10%, 30%, 50%, and 70% CF 3 I The solid line and symbols show present
ND L values calculated using a two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation for the CF 3 I-Kr mixtures The solid curves show present ND L values calculated for the pure CF 3 I molecule and pure Kr atom The star symbol shows the measurement
value of the pure SF 6 [12]
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Figure 5 Density normalized effective ionization coefficient,
(α - η)/N, as functions of E/N for the CF 3 I-Ar mixtures with
10%, 30%, 50%, and 70% CF 3 I The solid line and symbols
show present (α - η)/N values calculated using a two-term
approximation of the Boltzmann equation for the CF 3 I-Ar
mixtures The solid curves show present (α - η)/N values
calculated for the pure CF 3 I molecule and pure Ar atom The
star symbol shows the measurement value of the pure SF 6 [12]
Figure 6 Density normalized effective ionization coefficient,
(α - η)/N, as functions of E/N for the CF 3 I-Kr mixtures with 10%, 30%, 50%, and 70% CF 3 I The solid line and symbols show present (α - η)/N values calculated using a two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation for the CF 3 I-Kr mixtures The solid curves show present (α - η)/N values calculated for the pure CF 3 I molecule and pure Kr atom The star symbol shows the measurement value of the pure SF 6 [12]
Figure 7 Limiting field strength values of E/N, (E/N) lim , as
functions of the percentage of CF 3 I gas for the binary mixtures
CF 3 I-Ar and CF 3 I-Kr The solid line and solid symbols show
present (E/N) lim values for these binary mixtures calculated
using a two-term approximation of the Boltzmann equation
The dotted curves and the open symbols show (E/N) lim values for
the binary mixtures SF 6 -Ar [14] and SF 6 -Kr [15]
4 Conclusion
The electron drift velocity, density-normalized
longitudinal coefficient, and density-normalized effective
ionization coefficient in the binary mixtures in CF3I with
Ar and Kr gases are calculated using a two-term
approximation of the Boltzmann equation for the energy in
the E/N range of 10 - 1000 Td for the first time The NDC
phenomena in these binary gas mixtures are suggested The
electron transport calculated coefficients are also
compared with those of the pure SF6 gas in experiments
The limiting field strength values of E/N for the binary
mixtures of 70% CF3I gas with Ar and Kr gases are
determined and greater than those of the pure SF6 gas Therefore, these binary mixtures with CF3I concentration equal to about 65 - 75% are considered for use in high voltage and many industries For the purposes of justification of the accuracy of our results, more experimental data for electron transport coefficients for the binary mixtures of CF3I with these gases need to be performed over a wide range of E/N
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